Back to results
US 2022/0098768 A1Published application
Upper-torso garment with tubular-jacquard knit structure
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJosue Diaz, Virginia Meckley, Paul R. Montgomery, Nicole Rendone, Andrea J. Staub
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An upper-torso garment includes a tubular-jacquard knit structure within a chest-covering portion. The tubular-jacquard knit structure includes interlocked courses formed by each front-stitch course intermittently interlocking with a back-stitch course. The tubular-jacquard knit structure is divided into a plurality of zones across the chest-covering portion that may vary based on how front-stitch courses interlock with back-stitch courses.
Claims20
An upper-torso garment having a chest-covering portion, the upper-torso garment comprising:
- a tubular-jacquard knit region positioned in the chest-covering portion, the tubular-jacquard knit region comprising a plurality of front-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another and a plurality of back-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another;
- the plurality of front-stitch courses and the plurality of back-stitch courses each being constructed of a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand, wherein each front-stitch course of the plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of interlocked courses;
- each interlocked course of the plurality of interlocked courses comprising a plurality of interlocking cross overs, the interlocking cross overs comprising the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand crossing over one another to change positions between one front-stitch course from the plurality of front-stitch courses and one back-stitch course from the plurality of back-stitch courses;
- the tubular-jacquard knit region having a first breast-covering portion on a left side of the upper-torso garment and a second breast-covering portion on a right side of the upper-torso garment, and a center bridge positioned between the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion, the tubular-jacquard knit region further having a first encapsulation region positioned superior the first breast-covering portion and a second encapsulation region positioned superior the second breast-covering portion,
- the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion each having a greater density of interlocking cross overs relative to each of the center bridge, the first encapsulation region, and the second encapsulation region.
2 more elements
An upper-torso garment having a chest-covering portion, the upper-torso garment comprising:
- a tubular-jacquard knit region positioned in the chest-covering portion, the tubular-jacquard knit region comprising a plurality of front-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another and a plurality of back-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another;
- the plurality of front-stitch courses and the plurality of back-stitch courses each being constructed of a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand, wherein each front-stitch course of the plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of interlocked courses;
- each interlocked course of the plurality of interlocked courses comprising a plurality of interlocking cross overs, the interlocking cross overs comprising the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand crossing over one another to change positions between one front-stitch course from the plurality of front-stitch courses and one back-stitch course from the plurality of back-stitch courses;
- the tubular-jacquard knit region having a first breast-covering portion on a left side of the upper-torso garment and a second breast-covering portion on a right side of the upper-torso garment, and a center bridge positioned between the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion, the tubular-jacquard knit region further having a first encapsulation region positioned superior the first breast-covering portion and a second encapsulation region positioned superior the second breast-covering portion, the first encapsulation region and the second encapsulation region each extending diagonally towards the center bridge,
- the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion each having a greater density of interlocking cross overs relative to each of the center bridge, the first encapsulation region, and the second encapsulation region.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.